In a press conference on Monday, the Seminole County Sheriff's office said that Zimmerman's girlfriend claimed he pointed a shotgun at her and broke a table in her house, forcing her out of her home. The spokesperson said that Zimmerman was unarmed when approached by police, but law enforcement officials are in the process of getting a search warrant to locate the alleged shotgun. When police arrived on the scene, the door to the home was barricaded.

Florida's WESH Channel-2 reports that Zimmerman was arrested following a "domestic dispute involving his 'girlfriend,'" citing a law enforcement source. The Orlando Sentinel reports Zimmerman's new girlfriend is named Samantha Scheibe.